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This had to work, Tomoya thought to himself as he looked at himself in the mirror. Bunny ears, gloves, cuffs, a bow around his neck, thigh-highs, rather questionable underwear with a fluffy bunny tail, and... Well, that was really it, and this outfit could have been called rather lewd. That was the whole damn point though; if a certain person he had invited over to the dorm room was not getting the point with this, then he had to be a complete idiot.
"There's a really good chance he actually is that dumb though," Tomoya told his mirror image. "But guess I have to try anyway?"
And try he would, he told himself as he put a bathrobe on and went to check his phone for messages. Yes, Hokuto had replied to his invitation to come take a look at something and should have been on the way here already, and this was going to work. It had to.
As if to convince him further, there was a knock on the door right then, and Tomoya took a deep breath before he walked to the door to open it. "There you are," he greeted Hokuto. "Come on in."
Hokuto did just that, and Tomoya closed the door behind him. There was no reaction to the fact that Tomoya was wearing a bathrobe and bunny ears, but then again, bunny ears were hardly something rare on Tomoya. "You wanted me to take a look at an outfit, right?" Hokuto asked, then took a look around the room. "Ah. Is Ayase not here today?" He then inquired. "School is out already by now, and most people are back at the dorms."
"ALKALOID has a live out of town, he probably won't be back until tomorrow," Tomoya told him. "Anyway. The thing I wanted you to take a look at." He smiled a little. "I'm actually wearing it right now, so if you'd take a seat?" Hokuto nodded and sat on the sofa, and Tomoya walked closer then casually dropped the bathrobe as if he was very confident in his outfit. Well, he was. More or less.
The reaction he got was kind of expected as there was a slightly shocked look on Hokuto's face as if this was not what he would have expected the outfit to be, then he managed to collect himself like a professional who has seen countless outfits in both idol work and theater, and he looked like he was giving some thought to what he was seeing. Wait, did he seem interested... or impressed, even? Tomoya sure hoped so.
"That is very daring for your unit," Hokuto then analyzed. "Unusual for a Ra*bits outfit, not prioritizing cuteness. Maybe you should reconsider that sector of the... or wait, is this for a gravure shoot? I didn't realize your unit does those. The outfit doesn't even have shoes, that's a bit..."
Resisting the urge to cover his face with his hands and feeling like he really should have expected this, Tomoya just shrugged. "No, this is a private one. Not for a photo shoot or anything."
"Ah, well then," Hokuto said and stood up, and Tomoya gulped. Had he actually gotten the point? ...Or not, as his next action was to take off his jacket and put it over Tomoya's shoulders. "You're going to catch a cold if you stand around wearing that for too long though," he said, then stepped to the side to pick up Tomoya's bathrobe. "My grandmother used to remind me that while the spring days are warm, the nights can get cold, so one must take care to dress warmly in the evening."
There was not a single brain cell in that head, Tomoya convinced himself. That was probably one of Hokuto's charm points, but still. "Y-yeah, you're right," he agreed, briefly considering just grabbing this idiot by the collar, pushing him down on the sofa and having his way with him, but that was not the approach he wanted to take. Why couldn't Hokuto be the one doing that, anyway?
"I hope you have warm pajamas?" Hokuto asked as he offered the bathrobe to him, and Tomoya just nodded as a reply, took the bathrobe and mumbled a thanks before walking to the side, folding Hokuto's jacket and placing it on the sofa backrest before getting the bathrobe on.
"So... that was your opinion on the outfit, then?" He inquired.
Hokuto blinked. "Yes? But if it's not a Ra*bits outfit, there shouldn't be a problem with your unit's image."
"Yeeeeah that won't be a problem," Tomoya replied. "Really, don't think about it too hard, I'll just save you from the explanation and store it for now." He took off the bunny ears and put them on his bed, then picked up his shirt and stared at it as if it had offended him somehow.
There was a message sound behind him, and he glanced over his shoulder to see Hokuto dig out his phone and open the messaging app. "Oh, is it this time already?" Hokuto said aloud. "I need to get going soon. Akehoshi wanted us all to cook together tonight and watch a movie." He then smiled. "I know. Why don't you join us, seeing your roommate isn't in today."
If this was the best he was getting today, Tomoya was going to take it. "Sure! Just give me a moment and I'll change clothes!" He grabbed the rest of his usual outfit and dashed into the bathroom to change.
"It did not work," he whispered to his image in the closest mirror. "But I guess that's just like him."
His mirror image looked back as if to tell him, "Another time then."
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